INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — More than 10,000 low-income Indiana residents who
participate in a state-run insurance plan will be able to keep their
benefits through April.

The Family and Social Services Administration announced Tuesday it is
extending its Healthy Indiana Plan to participants who earn between 100
percent and 200 percent of the federal poverty level. The move will give
members more time to obtain coverage through the federal health care
exchange.

FSSA Secretary Debra Minott said many HIP members have struggled to enroll
in the exchange because of technical issues.

Federal officials have agreed to let Indiana extend its Healthy Indiana
Plan through 2014 but changed the income requirements to focus on those
below 100 percent of the federal poverty level.